كلمات The Hole

Behind the house the ground has opened up And it’s so deep a hole its bottom can’t be found It sucks the air inside And makes quiet sea sounds We sometimes stand and linger at the edge We like to dare each other how close we can get And there’s a pact we’ve made If one should fall the other follows in We started small with trash and rotten food And then the neighbors came with cars and davenports, too Then the government, midnight dumps Of what, we never knew A letter came the other day From clear around the globe It said “We hope that you’re the ones On the other end of the hole Could you please take a few things back Our country’s getting full” Behind the house The ground has opened up